{"id":44851,"date":"2015-08-10T12:33:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=44851"},"modified":"2015-08-10T12:33:58","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T16:33:58","slug":"mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-reaches-9x-platinum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2015\/08\/10\/mark-ronson-bruno-mars-uptown-funk-reaches-9x-platinum\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Ronson &#038; Bruno Mars&#8217; &#8220;Uptown Funk&#8221; Reaches 9X Platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Ronson&#8217;s smash &#8220;Uptown Funk (featuring Bruno Mars),&#8221; which is thus far the best-selling single of 2015, appears poised to eventually earn a diamond distinction.<\/p>\n<p>As of July 24, 2015, it was within a million digital units of that mark.<\/p>\n<p>The RIAA confirms that &#8220;Uptown Funk&#8221; earned a 9X platinum certification on that date.  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